Why Christ Came.

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: Why Christ Came.

Luke 19:10
There is no more pressing question today than this: Why did Christ come to the earth? It is not enough to know who Jesus is.
By and large the world knows what Christians believe about Jesus. But what the world wants to know is this: Why did he come and what difference does it make?

Many answers have been given to that question.

Some argue that Jesus came to give us an example of God’s love.
Others say that he came to be the Perfect Man, the one shining example that can lift the rest of us up.
Many people consider him the greatest teacher of all time. Still others believe he came to establish a new religion.

Some scholars say that he was a reformist rabbi who wanted to start a movement to purify Israel.

Against all the theories of men we have the clear words of our Lord himself found in a familiar verse in Luke’s gospel. It is a verse known to every Sunday School child. Most of us know it by heart. In one simple sentence we have the sublimest statement of the mission of Christ. It is utterly reliable for it was spoken by Jesus on the occasion of encountering Zaccheus up a tree. Here are the words of our Lord:

“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Luke 19:10).

Jesus has come to earth, the Almighty has entered our world, the infinite has become finite, the eternal has invaded time. Theologians call it the Incarnation–God in human flesh. The Bible calls him Immanuel–God with us.

His birth differs from every other birth that he voluntarily came in obedience to the Father’s will. That could not be said of you or me. We were born but we had no choice in the matter
Jesus “came” according to the plan of God.

“When the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son” (Galatians 4:4).

Every detail was minutely planned in the courts of heaven. Nothing happened by chance.

He came from the light into the darkness.
He came from splendor into squalor.
He came from purity into a world of sin.

But still he came!

He is the Son of Man because he was first the Son of God.
And not just any man has come–the Son of Man has come. Not an angel or some sort of extraterrestrial being. The term “Son of Man” emphasizes Jesus’ humanity. God himself entered the human race in the form of a tiny baby. He is the Son of Man because he was first the Son of God. “And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us” (John 1:14 AMP).

Brethren, in our morning meal to day I have made it clear to you that God sent Jesus to save and to seek the lost one. Have you been found by Jesus ? If your answer us no. Jesus is still looking for you please come out of your shell and let him rule your life to the kingdom of God. Jesus came for you.

Continue tomorrow....

LET US PRAY
FATHER FIND ME AND SAVE ME FROM HELL IN JESUS NAME.

good morning
Happy Christmas in advance